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Government by investigation [electronic resource] : Congress, presidents, and the search for answers, 1945-2012 / Paul C. Light.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013 2015); Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2014] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 316 pages))ISBN:
  • 9780815722694
  • 0815722699
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 353.4/630973 23
LOC classification:
  • JF1525.C58 L54 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- 1. Introducing the search for answers -- 2. Counting investigations -- 3. Creating footprints -- 4. Making investigations count -- 5. Creating high-impact investigations -- Appendixes. A. Interview respondents -- B. Sources -- C. Investigaion resumes, 1945-2012 -- D. Supporting statistical analysis -- Notes -- Index..
Summary: Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why.
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Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.

Acknowledgments -- 1. Introducing the search for answers -- 2. Counting investigations -- 3. Creating footprints -- 4. Making investigations count -- 5. Creating high-impact investigations -- Appendixes. A. Interview respondents -- B. Sources -- C. Investigaion resumes, 1945-2012 -- D. Supporting statistical analysis -- Notes -- Index..

Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in government performance. Light reveals which investigations were most effective, and why.

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